Chapter 8: Exploring the Library at Night

Fu Bing replied with a smile: "That's the fire of His Royal Highness, he likes to eat turnips and cabbage, and the other horses generally like corn." ”

Shizi's mount is really special, radish and cabbage?

After a while, the iron gate of Liangju Courtyard was opened, and a group of war horses came from the horse farm in the distance, their steps were neat, the sound of horses' hooves raised light dust, and the war horses walked with their heads held high and in good spirits.

Xue Qi pointed to the haystack in the distance: "Girl, please come over there, the horses of the palace don't like to be disturbed." ”

Mu Jiaren took a few steps back, and when the war horse came over, she couldn't help but get closer.

These horses are black and jujube, after the horses are in, Mu Jiaren saw the guard leading a dark red war horse in, unlike other horses, its eyes are very sharp, the pace is firm, when it walked past Mu Jiaren, it looked at her slightly sideways.

Just after training, the horses' shoulders and necks are damp, and their coat is more ruddy.

"Sweaty horses!" Mu Jiaren exclaimed softly, this kind of horse is extremely fast, has strong endurance, and can manage a day of drinking water in a dry place.

Her words caught the attention of the guards, and after sweeping the jade pendant on her waist, she didn't ask anything, but went in with the flames.

"Agni is sensitive to smells, don't get too close." The government soldiers on the side kindly reminded.

"I'm already far away."

The soldiers told her that an acquaintance came to the stable, and on the day of the fire, he jumped out of the fence after seeing a stranger, and ran to the horse farm to vent his anger, and finally the prince took him back to the house.

Since then, he has not allowed strangers to come to the stable, and Agni has a big temper, is very intelligent, and knows people, and is wary of strangers, but he does not hurt people easily.

Leaving Liangju Courtyard, Mu Jiaren spent most of the day almost figuring out the route of the outer courtyard.

After a busy day, when she returned to the room, Mu Jiaren took a needle and thread, and embroidered the landscape with black and gray thread on the white yarn, which hid the road map of the palace.

When the princess questioned in the evening, she learned that Mu Jiaren had done a lot of things in the palace in the past two days, and the servants and guards recognized her very much, so they rewarded her with some silver and jewelry.

When Han Yunqian came over with the reward, Mu Jiaren was concentrating on embroidery and didn't notice him.

"Miss Mu's female celebrity is doing so well, she really has both ability and political integrity."

Mu Jiaren lowered her head and continued to embroider, but did not look at him: "Han Gongzi praises every day, no wonder he can be kept by the side of the prince." ”

His words are good, but it is not clear how true or how false they are.

"I heard that Miss Mu went to Liangju Courtyard today, I don't know how I feel?"

Mu Jiaren looked up at him with interest: "It feels good, can you sell me a horse from the palace?" ”

"If you can get the appreciation of the prince, let alone a horse, the palace can have a place for you."

Mu Jiaren raised her head, met his eyes full of deep meaning, and couldn't help frowning: "Han Gongzi, can you hide the eyes of a calculating person like you a little." ”

"I value you, His Royal Highness is a person who cherishes talents, and you have a lot to do at a glance."

Mu Jiaren snorted lightly, she didn't bother to pay attention to him, she was poor and white, she had nothing to be afraid of, something really had to happen, and it was not certain who would suffer, but it was still a little uncomfortable to be calculated by this kind of red fruit every day.

"Thank you Han Gongzi for the compliment, I want to rest on this pile of waste materials, you can leave."

Han Yunqian got up and left with a smile.

Mu Jiaren glanced at the embroidered handkerchief in his hand, the landscape on it was only embroidered a little, the route of the palace always felt that it was not so simple, there were also wide school fields and horse farms in the courtyard of seven in and seven out, and there must be some secret secret pavilion in it.

If it is more strategic, I am afraid that she can't compare to this Han Gongzi, so a quick battle is the best way.

But...... What does the jade ice cicada look like?

Mu Jiaren decided to go and find out at night.

The library pavilion of the palace is in the inner courtyard, the location is very close to Qingfeng Garden, there is no moon tonight, the light is very dim, she changed into night clothes, tied up her hair, and went straight to the library pavilion.

The library of the palace is a three-storey hexagonal round building, surrounded by a square pool carved in white jade, which is also convenient for the library to extinguish in time when there is a fire.

The financial strength of the palace is also reflected in the lights, and at night the corridors and attics of the entire palace will be lit, and the light is good plus the guards, so the security of the palace is very high.

Mu Jiaren observed the position of the guards, and the moment they turned around, they climbed through the window on the second floor and entered the library pavilion.

She clung to the wall next to the window, a dead end, and no matter where the guards were, she couldn't be seen from the outside.

After a quick search, she couldn't find the treasury account books of the palace, so she flipped through it again, knocked on the bookshelf to check if there was any mechanism.

At this moment, Yu Guang caught a glimpse of a figure beside him, Mu Jiaren immediately turned around, almost frightened, and when he looked closely, he found that there was a standing portrait of a man hanging next to him, and he really felt that it was a person standing beside him.

Mu Jiaren adjusted her breathing, the person in the portrait was wearing a black and gold brocade robe, holding a silver fan, sharp sword eyebrows, slightly sideways, raising her chin lightly, with a proud aura, looking down at Mu Jiaren.

The lifelike people in the portrait will make her startled, and it turns out that good-looking people can also ward off evil spirits.

Just as she was about to leave, the bookshelf behind her suddenly turned to the right, revealing a row of hidden bookshelves, and a book on the third floor was the account book of the palace medicine storehouse.

Mu Jiaren immediately picked it up and flipped through it, found the approximate year according to the time, and finally saw the relevant records of the jade ice cicada, and it also marked the purpose of the jade ice cicada and the location of the utensils stored.

After the content was written down, Mu Jiaren put the things back in place and found a good time to leave quickly.

When he turned around and saw the painting that he was frightened just now, Mu Jiaren bit his finger and looked at it carefully, and then a wicked smile rose at the corner of his mouth, took a brush, and added a very abrupt and funny "matchmaker mole" to the man's unearthly face.

Sure enough, she ruined her whole face, she is so talented.

Satisfied with the return to the room, now only need to know where Yanyu Xiaozhu is to find the jade ice cicada, and among them, the purple gold dragon beard grass She saw in the logbook of the palace that the prince had taken it twice, and now only Yun Nizi remained.

Meng Tingyu was very depressed when she learned that Mu Jiaren's rough work in the past few days was quite appreciated by the princess.

"Isn't the maid of the palace a well-read person? How can a subordinate be rewarded? ”

"Maybe the prince is a military general, so taking care of the war horse will be appreciated?"

Chu Ruoshan said her conjecture thoughtfully.

After hearing this, Meng Tingyu glanced at Du Xuanxuan, who was silent on the side: "You have been called by the princess to serve these days, you must know something, everyone is sisters, you might as well say it, we will become maids in the future, and we will take good care of you." ”